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Toronto RaptorsTORKyle AndersonRole & RotationPresser

Anderson must be ready to play the five and the four and maybe handle the ball.

“I spoke to Darko about that. He said yeah I need you to be ready to play the five the four maybe handle the ball.”
Kyle Anderson · PlayerWatch at 5:21
Toronto RaptorsTORKawhi LeonardRamping upRecoveryPresser

Kawhi looked really good in another practice with contact and 5-on-5 work.

“Kawhi looked really good today. This was another great practice with us. A lot of contact, a lot of life, 5-on-5.”
Darko Rajakovic · CoachWatch at 6:44
Toronto RaptorsTORScottie Barnes · Kawhi LeonardRole & RotationPresser

Barnes starts at the four then moves to the one and the five in interchangeable lineups.

“Scottie starts at four, but then he moves to one, then he becomes a five, and Kawhi is three, but a different lineup, he becomes a four. It's very interchangeable.”
Darko Rajakovic · CoachWatch at 2:50
Toronto RaptorsTORKawhi LeonardGameplanPresser

Toronto is deliberately funneling the ball to Kawhi so teammates learn where he wants to be.

“Intentionally we're focusing right now more to get, get, get a ball to him so other guys can get used to him, where, where he needs to be on the board, what he's going to be doing, how he's going to be finding his teammates.”
Darko Rajakovic · CoachWatch at 4:32

Toronto wants a defensive team that plays with pace and Shead and Walter fit.

“Defensive, and with pace, and with running. And I think all of those guys, they fit that mold. They fit Jamal and Jacoby and CMB in particular.”
Darko Rajakovic · CoachWatch at 14:46
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